Short-term sublethal (sediment and aquatic roots of floating macrophytes) assays with a tropical chironomid based on postexposure feeding and biomarkers

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2234-2242

  Moreira Santos, Matilde ^a   Fonseca, Ana L ^b   Moreira, Susana M ^c,d   Rendón Von Osten, Jaime ^e   Da Silva, Eduardo M ^f   Soares, Amadeu M V M ^g   Guilhermino, Lúcia ^c,d   Ribeiro, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ITAJUBÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aquatic rooted floating macrophytes; Chironomus xanthus; Sediment; Short term assays; Sublethal toxicity

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BIOMARKERS; FEEDING; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES;

SHORT-TERM ASSAY; SUBLETHAL TOXICITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DELTAMETHRIN; RUNOFF;

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; DELTAMETHRIN; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

AGRICULTURE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS XANTHUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MACROPHYTE; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; STRESS; SURVIVAL;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHIRONOMIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITRILES; PLANT ROOTS; PYRETHRINS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; STRESS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS XANTHUS;

EID: 23944451337     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-207R.1     Document Type: Article

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